Mar 22 2022
Having had to abandon both the 2020 and 2021 presentations, the TV Week Logie Awards is set to return later this year. The awards will take place at the Gold Coast Convention Centre within The Star precinct on Sunday 19 June. Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk welcomed the awards’ return to the Gold Coast: “Queensland is …
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Mar 03 2022
After 37 years, it’s over. Neighbours has been axed. The show’s producer, Fremantle Australia, has ended weeks of speculation following the show’s dumping by UK broadcaster Channel 5 — a major financial partner in the series. Despite a massive outpouring of support from fans across the United Kingdom and Australia — including a petition of …
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Jan 26 2022
The Australia Day 2022 Honours List recognises 1040 Australians for their achievements in various fields including community service, science and research, industry, sport and the arts. Some of this year’s recipients with connections, past or present, to television: OFFICER (AO) IN THE GENERAL DIVISION OF THE ORDER OF AUSTRALIA Dylan Alcott OAM — “For distinguished …
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Nov 28 2021
The 62nd annual TV Week Logie Awards were meant to happen tonight, 28 November. While the awards will not be taking place — for a second year in a row — we continue the annual rundown of past Logies presentations to coincide with what would have been this year’s Logies weekend. We wrap up the weekend with …
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Nov 27 2021
The 62nd annual TV Week Logie Awards were meant to happen this Sunday 28 November. While the awards will not be taking place — for a second year in a row — we continue the annual rundown of past Logies presentations to coincide with what would have been this year’s Logies weekend. Today it’s back to 1996 — …
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Nov 26 2021
The 62nd annual TV Week Logie Awards were meant to happen this Sunday 28 November. While the awards will not be taking place — for a second year in a row — we continue the annual rundown of past Logies presentations to coincide with what would have been this year’s Logies weekend. Starting with the …
Permanent link to this article: https://televisionau.com/2021/11/tv-week-logie-awards-50-years-ago-11.html
Nov 21 2021
It is 40 years since A Country Practice made its debut on the Seven Network. With the first episode airing on 18 November 1981 in Sydney and 23 November 1981 in Melbourne before much of the rest of the country — A Country Practice introduced us to the fictional town of Wandin Valley, with the …
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Nov 05 2021
The Victorian Government has announced details of the State Funeral Service for Bert Newton to be held on Friday 12 November 2021 at 10am at St Patrick’s Cathedral, East Melbourne. The funeral will be live streamed via the Victorian Government website at a link to be provided. Network Ten has also announced that it …
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Oct 30 2021
Bert Newton, one of the pioneers and enduring personalities of Australian television, has died at the age of 83. He had been in hospital for several months and went into palliative care recently following complications from recent surgery to have a leg amputated. Born in 1938, Newton started in radio when still a teenager, becoming …
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Sep 05 2021
For the second year in a row the TV Week Logie Awards have been cancelled. This year’s ceremony was scheduled to take place in Queensland in November but Are Media, publisher of TV Week, has decided that the continued unsettled situation with various COVID restrictions and border closures has made planning the event untenable. “We …
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